{"id":85736,"date":"2026-01-13T18:47:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/85736\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T18:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T18:47:19","slug":"philadelphia-launches-graffiti-removal-highway-projects-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/85736\/","title":{"rendered":"Philadelphia Launches Graffiti Removal, Highway Projects in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/philadelphianewsroom.com\/tag\/philadelphia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Philadelphia<\/a> has launched the \u201cGateways to Philadelphia\u201d anti-graffiti and highway beautification projects as the city prepares to welcome more than 1 million people from around the world this year. The city is at the epicenter of the celebration of the nation&#8217;s 250th birthday, the FIFA World Cup, and the MLB All-Star Game.<\/p>\n<p>During a press conference on Friday, Jan. 9, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker said officials are focusing their efforts on \u201ckey transportation gateways\u201d by removing graffiti and enhancing the city&#8217;s landscape.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/philadelphia\/news\/philadelphia-anti-graffiti-highway-beautification-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">According to CBS Philadelphia<\/a>, officials chose these areas to ensure that visitors arriving by plane, train, or car all experience the same inviting welcome.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The graffiti removal project will focus on the following areas:<\/p>\n<p>26th Street Gateway at Penrose AvenueSouth Street bridge30th Street Station walls, medians, and rampsInterstate 76 and Interstate 676 interchanges at 15th and 16th streets\u00a0I-76 and I-676 interchanges at Sixth and Eighth streets and Callowhill and Vine streetsI-76 and I-676 interchanges at Second and Third streets and Callowhill and Vine streetsCSX\/Amtrak wall at Spring Garden Street<\/p>\n<p>NBC10 Philadelphia reported that artist Carlos Rosa will paint a mural over the graffiti on the CSX\/Amtrak wall at Spring Garden Street that will welcome those arriving in Philadelphia to take part in events.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt&#8217;s almost like saying thank you to the city for giving me so much opportunity as well as making people understand,\u201d Rosa said. \u201cThis is a great city to live and be at.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Philadelphia has launched the \u201cGateways to Philadelphia\u201d anti-graffiti and highway beautification projects as the city prepares to welcome&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85737,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[2233,69,71,70],"class_list":{"0":"post-85736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia","8":"tag-fifa","9":"tag-philadelphia","10":"tag-philadelphia-headlines","11":"tag-philadelphia-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85736\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}